Hi Cate
This is wonderful, I used to date guys like the one in your poem.The rumors are true by the way.Just say no.He so pretty, but thats all. haha good poem!
worst lay you will ever have.

Comment is about The Body Builders Lament (blog)

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See youre the first one to pile in here Gus.........

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Hey up Cato

What we talkin about here...carpets or tobacco...??

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Het ho Rozo This is just gobsmackingly outstanding... very impressed.
Well done... Keep it up
Deserving of far more support and comment insofar as this is your 2nd poem EVER!!!

Well done again
Gus xx

Comment is about Within Four Walls (blog)

Original item by Rosalind

Hi Cate

Thanks for commenting on Light in a Wood. Agree with what you say - sometimes there are feelings which words can't capture - the ongoing challenge of poetry. When are we going to get something more from you?

Dave x

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Best wishes, Pete. You can't keep a good man down!

Tony

Comment is about Pete Crompton Breaks Ankle (article)

Tee hee - I think you'll be taking stick for this for a long time. If you start to miss the thrill of roller skating, you could always try taking a bounce on my trampoline - I put it together and I could remove the safety net for extra buzz factor or you could try bouncing with roller skates on - the possibilities are endless.

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Hi Cynthia

thank you for your kind remarks on Light in a Wood. People have always written poems labelled 'spiritual' - John Donne, George Herbert, Gerard Manley Hopkins are three from mainstream British culture. But some experience seems to escape the labels, and that's what fascinates me. I take the hint about flooding the site. I do particularly connect with your poems. If there are pieces you'd like to share, do send

Dave

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Good question, Isobel, but, no ... the attraction was bracketed by the most important aspects - words and music. My friend and I have always argued a lot about writing and we have enjoyed together great music of all genres. Stimulating conversation alone can give me a 'high'.

Comment is about The Piano Concerto (blog)

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Oh dear Peter. If only you had listened to that nice man from Health & Safety. This is the fate of roller-skating oldsters. Get some of those painkillers down you and drift in to the land of the muse and get some poems out of it. Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Sean.

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Hello Rosalind
This is a plaintive and sad poem, simply written,
a gentle but stark reminder of just how complexed being alone becomes.

Is your husband on business or is he flying the coup.

Augusta

Comment is about Within Four Walls (blog)

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Hi John - Is this in TIOMITV - the final draft - not the one I have?

Comment is about The Point (blog)

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I like this. I like this because the simplicity of words, is in sharp contrast to the potential complexity of a situation.

Comment is about Within Four Walls (blog)

Original item by Rosalind

I can relate to this so much...
I also love these lines:

'And whilst we may well
both be unhinged,
in our own special way,
Poor excuse for silence
I’m missing you'

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I don't agree really on two counts - first it's a sweeping statement with no basis in fact - either literally or figuratively. I agree that individually they can be 'nice' people but I don't think that 'instituationally they are an oppressive force' (sic).
They are public servants. If we educate those we expect to 'police' our country, train them properly, pay them commensurately, and treat them with some respect - I think we'd get the police force we wanted. All that can equally be said of teachers, medical staff, etc.
Don't get me wrong - I'm not saying we have a perfect police force - far from it, but I do agree with Isobel when she says that it is better - far better - than many others.
And the second reason - is because I like the poem and it deserves a better ending than an old cliché!
Cx

Comment is about The Police & I (blog)

Peter has returned home, plaster cast, crutches and all, no doubt he will be in touch soon. June Peters mum.

Comment is about Pete Crompton Breaks Ankle (article)

This works beautifully as a poem.

As a way of life on the other hand.........

Comment is about Within Four Walls (blog)

Original item by Rosalind

Health and Safety Peter, Health and Safety - you know the score if you don't do the checks better than anyone!!!

Hope you're up and running (not skating) soon mate, give me a bell when you can cheers Jeff

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I know there's a lot to be said for reading more at uni, but, realising my mistakes, I did it afterward! Thanks for your comments though, really appreciate it.

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There's good and bad in every profession. In Stoke Newington I think they are renound for being bad. Our views will always be coloured by personal experience. I know one lovely copper but also remember one bastard that booked me for diddly squat...Last encountered them over a custody issue - the women were lovely, compassionate and helpful without dropping their authority. The males were officious and scary. At the end of the day, they are just human beings in uniform.

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Oh you monkey Ros - wouldn't mind guessing where your thoughts linger longest...

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An interesting one Cynthia - are you trying to say that you wouldn't have opened up to/with that particular friend had you not been inebriated?

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This is a strong 'window' of honest experience, covering quite a progression of events. There's a lot to be said for 'reading more at uni'.

Comment is about The Police & I (blog)

Not sure I agree entirely with the last sentence, but a well-written and thought-provoking piece.
Cx

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I know all the beauty secrets Gus but thanks for the advice ;-)

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Hey Steve I read Circle last night, loved the rhythm of it, it really rattles along towards the end, Images coming thick and fast... liked it lots... shoeless said tho that I would have to quick to comment on it as you take stuff off pretty quick too... as I said last night tho... I am Sloooooooow lol

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So very kind of you Dave to take the time
to read through all of my poems...

How very observant you are...
It is always something or someone isn't it ; )

Merci : )

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Hi Emily,

I can't say I fully understood what was behind this poem, but I did enjoy the imagery you created - especially this passage:

and in toilets
the crowded mirrors
helped strangers
form loose friendships
for fifteen minutes
as boys broke hearts
and girls destroyed them
all before
the midnight bus

The title confused me a little - care to elucidate?

Regards,

A.E.

Comment is about times of modification (blog)

Hi John,
Yes! Work is shit! Have I heard you read this at the Tudor? So funny! I think you left a comment on one particular Tudor evening a while ago when I had also done a "Work" poem!
Seems we share a common thread! Haha!

Comment is about John Darwin (poet profile)

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I have read this several times Dave...
Each time I get so much more from it...
Produces many images and thoughts...

Comment is about Kneeling (blog)

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I would be interested to know your ninety seven reasons DG...
Tu peux me faire confiance... je ne dirai à personne ; )

Comment is about To drift (blog)

Original item by Dermot Glennon

Ha ha!
Je préfère un verre de vin rouge...
sinon... lait de soja... je suis végétalienne ; )

Moi x

Comment is about Gus Jonsson (poet profile)

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A harpoon eh.. well thats a compliment and half so it is... Thank you ... I'm speechless...ish.
Thanks for reading 'Moby Kingsley'
Gus xx

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

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Hi Steve
Thanks for taking the time and chuckling re; 'Kingsley' By the way I totally agree withyou re MJ ...snivelling little shit. Full of Hokus Pokus Bubble Crap!

Gus

Comment is about Steve Regan (poet profile)

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have posted my poems for you to read, following your email :-)

Comment is about Dave Bradley (poet profile)

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i like this , i would love if i had the skill to put it to a blues tune

Comment is about Hanging Loose (blog)

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Went to see Peter last night (Saturday) he was very tired and sleepy so not much talk, (for a change) lol. He has the op ok, and will be getting the plaster on in due course, what colour do you think he will go for, plenty of signatures coming up I predict to write on it, and maybe some poems too. He will be fine I am sure, will need to take some hints off the chap on the tv advert that performs various tricks with his plaster cast and crutches, lol.
Thanks again for all good wishes, June , Peter Mum xx

Comment is about Pete Crompton Breaks Ankle (article)

Hi Dave thanks for your kind email; I will respond shortly. Stay with us (not sure what has happened as I've not been reading much on here lately)....criticism is good - we are each other's readership for now and it helps build our poems with clearer direction. Of course, we choose to consider or ignore it- all depends on what you want. If you want to be published, then do take it on board, well most of it. It does hurt at first (lol) but we do have to develop an extra skin :-)

keepwriting , keep posting.

I am touched by the fact that you hold me in such high regard. Thank you.

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Thanks for your lovely comments on my poem..yes a confusing scene and one I didn't even know existed a few months ago... I absolutely love your poem Kneeling..Ros x

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Please don't retire Dave - it is a great site once you learn to shrug off certain criticism. There are some great personalities on here and you can have fun. I find it very stimulating - perhaps that depends on how much you are in need of that - other areas of my life can be a bit tedious at times ! Lol - if I see you on line next time I will try to chat. I never saw Whats it all about as particularly offensive but it appears otherwise - you are always on a sticky wicket with religion I guess...
Isobel x

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I like this one Oh Captain of Rant - perhaps you should burn the male equivelants too just to equal things up - would that be GQ or something like that? I would agree that glossy magazines do sell a load of shit and feed on insecurities. Who really gives a toss what Posh and Becks are up to except when you are sat bored out of your brain in a waiting room - cos it sure as hell beats 'Gardeners World' and you won't be distressed if your name gets called and you don't quite read the end of the story.
'Dancing, drinking and fucking to an equal beat' - what a lovely concept - I think the roots of the male/female battle might go a bit beyond magazines - but that is a whole different poem. Love this subject matter though - I find it fascinating.

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Thanks for your comment Anthony. I see 'What's It All About' more as social comment than political poetry. If it is political then it is very soft political. The message is the need for equality, mutual respect, inclusion, compassion and dare I say it, the L word....I'm not sure if there is a political party out there capable of giving it us - that comes from within - if only you could extract it and dish it out like a vaccine - then we'd be living in paradise.
Isobel x

Comment is about Anthony Emmerson (poet profile)

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No, I'll post it up again

Comment is about The Capture of the Dodger (blog)

Original item by Joshua Van-Cook

A lovely poem Dave - so unusual, true and touching.

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Original item by Dave Bradley

Hi Cate

I liked this, having MacDonald blood in the veins and a love of Scotland. History seems to mean so much more up there doesn't it. Something in the air and so much in the environment that is evocative, andf yes in the genes.
Thank you for the kind comment on mine.

Dave

Comment is about My Little Red Haired Laddie (blog)

Original item by Cate

Best wishes Pete for a speedy recovery.
Cate x

Comment is about Pete Crompton Breaks Ankle (article)

Cynthia

Thank you for the very kind comment on mine. I've been reading yours and like it all a great deal. You seem to relish life. The mix of gusto and sensitivity, vitality and reflection, hunger for life and reflection is very appealing.

Dave

Comment is about The Piano Concerto (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Submissions still being accepted for MV.

Comment is about Dave Morgan (poet profile)

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Hi John, you been poaching my protege Helen, well done. Nice to see "The Fool...." on the page, it's got so much imagery it's difficult to keep up in performance.

Comment is about The Fool Who Ate The Gruel (blog)

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